A riveting history of child kidnapping in America, from the first ransom abduction in 1874, vividly retells the stories of some of America's most famous crimes, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. Author Paula Fass skillfully illuminates our national obsession with kidnapping and provides new insights into parenting, the media and celebrity, law enforcement, and much more. Photos.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
mit Schutzumschlag (bedruckt)
Illustrationen
1, black & white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 242 mm
Breite: 163 mm
Dicke: 29 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511709-7 (9780195117097)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Paula S. Fass has written extensively on issues of childhood and youth, culture and society, including The Damned and the Beautiful: American Youth and the 1920s (OUP, 1979) and Outside in: Minorities and the Transformation of American Education (OUP, 1989). She is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
